Optical heterodyne millimeter-wave generation using 1.55-μm traveling-wave photodetectors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 10 II, 2001, Pages 1926-1933

  Stohr A ^a   Heinzelmann, R ^a   Malcoci, A ^a   Jager D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Light polarization; Microwave photonics; Millimeter wave generation; Optical heterodyne; p i n photodiodes; Photodetector; Semiconductor device modeling

Indexed keywords

TRAVELING-WAVE PHOTODETECTORS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HETERODYNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0035475875     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.954809     Document Type: Article

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